Comparing primary and secondary health-care use between diagnostic routes before a colorectal cancer diagnosis: Cohort study using linked data

Journal article information

Journal of publication: British Journal of Cancer
Nuffield Trust contributors: Dr Jessica Sheringham , Dr Martin Bardsley , Theo Georghiou and Xavier Chitnis
Page range: 1490–1499

Abstract

Survival in cancer patients diagnosed following emergency admissions is poorer than those diagnosed by GPs. In order to intervene to improve survival, a better understanding of patients’ health care use before diagnosis is needed.